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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-30
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

An Excellent Letter from Charles WI
* Dabney, Jr. c.
q The following letter was received
recently by\a gentleman of this city,
which we think contains a great deal
of truth in RELATION to the subject Of
which it treats:l
BALE1GH, May 9, 1887.
My DEAR SIRAEI am glad to read
your letter. Everywhere, we see evl-
dences that the people Of the South are
waking up to the great need OF the
hour-industrial education.
The higher education of the past I
tended largely to remove all lntelll'
gent men from industrial persults. ;
The great argument which has been
used p%ersistently with Southern par
ents to induce them to- educate their
children, was, that this socalled educa-
ton would raise them above the nee
cessity of manual labor Every hlgh
school and college and teacher IN the
land has drummed this idea into the
minds of his patrons. So it was that
literary education was held out, not as
a preparation for work, but as an ez-
cuse for idleness. If you could get TO
the bottom of every poor young mans
heart who3is now seeking a little sma''
tering of literary education at the
high schools and colleges OF Norta
Carolina you would find that the cnlel
motive ,actuating him is this desire "
escape from the drudgery OF laoIi.
And I do not blame him. When liz
Ihas been taught to despise the laDoIei,
Tor has felt the hardship OF unsklieu
labor, who will blame him for trying
Ito escape it? Train the eye and NAM
educate the laborer, put him to thlnh.
ing, devising, contriving and studying
Ito improve his work and you WI
make it both more interesting anu
hore profitable to him.
Yhis system is cursing u agrI0~
turs most of all. The smart boy mus
leave the farm. "Any fool Is nj ~
farm, that is, to pursue the most IL
cbndite, difficult, complicated and aeI
cite of all professions-the one NV Od
Wing more different forces, natural az
Artificial, than ANY other Calling Ing
Then pray, as a gentleman s~a
tonne the other day, "what mea the
ofIignorance is necessary to ecule !.
mbst perfect success at farming
But I cannot pursue this far lneai
youAdo not need to be lndoctr
and will not tolerate a long letter.
Yours sincerely. r, s
CHARLES w. DABNEY,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-30
A SERIES OF PAPERS
On Genuine Agricultural Colleges

"
We are very glad to be able to an
nounce to our readers that we have
perfected arrangemehts1for a series Of
articles descriptive of the aims, work
and benefits of some of the best ag-
ricultural colleges Of the country, writ
ten by eminent persons upon the
grounds, and in some cases by their
professors or officers. We have put
forth special efforts to secure these
papers from the highest sources and
the information they convey may be
relied upon as accurate and brought
down to the latest date.
This information will be very val
liable to us just at this time, when we
are organizing our college. We in
vite the attention of all. interested in
our North Carolina College to them.
This week we begin the series by Civ,
ing the able report of Mr.. w. S.
Primrose, on the agricultural colleges
visited by his committee. The next
paper will be on the Massachusetts
Agricultural College, at Amherst. It
is from Mr.. Herbert Myricke, a grad
uate of that institution, a great friend
of agricultural education and the
editor of the Farm and Home, of
Springfield, Mass. We will then
have a letter on the Mississippi Ag-
ricultural College, prepared especially
for us, by Prof. Geo. A. Myers, Pro-
fessor of Agricultural Chemistry in
that institution.
Other equally interesting papers
will follow each week thereafter for a
month or more.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-30
PLEASE NOTICE.

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us a favor by stating the Office at which
the paper is received, as well as the one
to which it is desired to be sent. Failure
to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble
and the necessity of going through a long
list of names, involving not only much
work, but much loss of time, when time
is valuable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-30

H@We ask every Grange and Farm
ers' Club in the State to send us at once,
the number of members in the organiza-
ton, together with the name and post
office address of each officer.
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January 26th, 1887:
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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-11-12
BEAUTY AND PUONACITY.
Interesting Observations Made by stu-
dents Of Natural History.


dents of Natural History.
The sticklcbacks are all great fight
ers and il may be- broadly laid down
once more rs general principle ~
animal life. and ut the same time
contribution TO the theory Of tittlcbais,
that all very handsome and decorated
creatures are naturally pugnaciOus u
disposition. Thus. stays fight one an
other with their branching antlers for
the possession of the does. Salmon
constantly join battle and tear one AM
other TO pieces sayagely on the rcc0g-
nized spnwning-bcds The polyga-
nous ruff, distinguished from his
sober-suitcd mate the reeve. by his
curious crest, and by the great collar
Of plumes from which his name is
taken. Is rs full u tho Homcric Joy ~
hattie ~ gamo cock. and quite as
gamy. The wild Sumairan ancestor
81 our own barn-door fowl "docs bat
tie in defense IL his seragliO ill one ~
the combaiants drops down
dead" B.ack-cock and capercailzie
assemble annually, ut regular tourna-
ments, 10 fight one another. and dis
play their beauty before their expect
ant and undecided danes; aud on
such occasions Kpvalevsky has seen
the snow Of their arenas IN Russia all
red with blood and covered with tho
,orn-Out feathers 81 the champions.
Most ~ the handsOmest birds aud ami
mails. indeed. are provided with spec
cial weapons for these fierce encoun-
tcrs, such a. the spurs a game birds.
the horns Of anielopes. the antlers ~
siags. the iusks Of the musk deer. tho
wing-darts 81 the palamedia. and lhe
fierce. spiny fms Of the most decora-
tive fishes. Even the dainty liz 10
humming-b themselves are prod
lgious fighters. and have seen them
engaging one another IN their serial
battles with the utmost pluck, yigor
and endurance. Furthermore. beauty
In animals Il almost always accom-
panied. A. DR. Guniher has observed.
by a very hasiy and irritable temper.
Popular Science Monthly. -
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-11-12
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Why is n jack-o-lantern like a
watch-key? Because there's a b in
both. (N. b.. This answer will fit
any conundrum.)
Yacht owncr-"Hawl What's the
next move, captain?" Captain-"Drop
the hawser." Yacht owncr-"Haw!
do you mean TO insult me. sirP-Judgc.
You can now send postal card to
China for two cents, but unless you
have made a special study of tea chests,
you won't have any thing very intelligi-
bic to say.-JerSey CITY JourHai.
Private (arm in arm with his sweet
cart, meets his sergeant in the garden
Of "A restaurant) Sergeant, my sis
ter" Sergeant--"I know; she was
mine once. EJersWaidcr Zeitung.
Got Stuck on Her
His arm crept timidly round her waist,
TIL pin destroyed his glce,
But the maiden said. with never blush:
II pinned my affection in thee"
-Te1as SYtings
A yellow street dog is never more
reckless in the presence Of gamins than
on a hard. cold day, for then he knows
all the tin-cans and stones are frozen
20 soidly To the ground that the boys
can't move them. Puck.
20, mammal" exclaimed little
Edith. running into the house nearly
out Of breath, there's going to be a
marriage deception over to Mrs. Upp-
um's this evening" Marriage decep-
ton! HIM! what ridiculous blunders
children do make somctimes!"- Boston
Transcript
II see." said Mr.. McSlugen, "that
they have organized a Milk Trust Com
pany in Chicago "a Mix Trust
Company! Well, that's something like.
/ wish they'd organize one here; and a
Beefstcak Trust Company, too. This
thing Of being dunned by the butcher
j. awfully tircsome. w. Washington
Critic.
A citizen of Munich. who VIZ short
Of funds. had rec,ursc 10 the following
original scheme for raising the wind:
He ordered cOnfrciiOner 90 make a
pie for his wife's birthday. containing
az a surprise a lining of new twenty
pfennig pieces. The man was now re-
lieved. but the confectioner il still
waiting for his money.-Der GreHzJote.
The fire in Colonel Doggerty's ;
wagon factory recently - says a Colo
ado paper. "was largely attended.
Among the prominent society people
who were present we noted Judge and
Mrs. WitherspODn. Senator and Mrs
Poindexter and daughter. Governor
Standish and Miss Van der Horck. Mrs.
Senator Poindexter administered a
neat and severe rebuke 10 one of the
fremen early in the proceedings. Step
ping up 10 a hoseman she touched his
shoulder and said sharply: Play IL
lower down. you red-headed chumP-
I. get il down where the fire is' You fel-
lers amt expected 20 put out the North
Start "-chieago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-11-12
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAl.

George Westinghouse. Jr.. the in
ventor of the Westinghouse air-brake,
is rated at seven million dollars.
Mr.. Powderly has received nearly
eighteen thousand letters, and has an
swered ten thousand of them within
the past year.
M. Dibler. the eXecutioner of Paris.
is fond of birds and music. He has a
large and well-stocked aviary, and is n
capital performer on the violin.
-Wurtemburg, Germany. has re-
markable mind-reader in the person Of
peasant girl nineteen years old. who.
if asked a question in the daytime in a
language unknown To her. will respond
to it after dark in same language. She
is said to shed her hair periodically.
Joseph NJ. Douglas. of Nevada City.
Cal, an eccentric miser whose wealth
is estimated at five million dollars. was
recently fined one hundred dollars and
put in jail for twenty-four hours for
contempt of court He didn'tmind the
confinement, but the fine nearly broke
his heart.
1t is definitely known that Wit
toria Colonna was buried in small and
obscure church in Rome, now being de-
molished. SAINT Anna del Falcgnami
and the archGologists and literary peo-
pie of that city are anXiously expecting
the discovery of the cypress wood
coffin, lined with embroidered velvet, "
placed in the grave.-N y IHdepend-
ent
Lord Roseberry. speaking Of "Vol-
apuk," says that he regards with awe
the scheme for celebrating "A language
for international correspondence; but
he does firmly believe that within a
century correspondence in the same
tongue will be carried on in some form
Of shorthand, and that the stress and
pressure of public life will make il
necessity.
A bachelor in Frankfort, Germany,
advertised for "a helpmate of agree
able exterior and good education;
money secondary consideration"
He received 3,643 offers. OF these.
2,l37 came from Germany and 237
from Frankfort. There were 1927 who
said nothing about their fortune, and
1916 gave their wealth at various
figures from $3.50 TO $50, 900. Photo
graphs accompanied 3,ll2 Of the offers
and it cost the advertiser nearly $3.50
for return postage on them. He picked
out poor Hanovcrian maiden and
married her.
German papers relate that the
singer, Marie Fullo, who recently died
in st. Petersburg, left diamonds valued
ut 150,000f. 20 the eldest son OF the
Car. She stated in her will that she
selected him rs her heir because she
had received the diamonds from near
relative Of his, and knew Of no one bet
ter entitled 10 them than the heir pre-
sumptive Of the Russian crown. II is
said that the young Grand Duke Mich
olas intends To urn the diamonds over
to several religious institutions. Dos
ton Transcript
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
Machine Work In America.

/ have worked at my trade and made
sash. doors and furniture in Switzerland,
Germany. France and England. / came
10 America five years ago, and found the
new inventions in the way Of labor
saving machinery far superior to any,
thing ever dreamed Of in Europe. II
one were 10 tell in Paris tho exact truth
about the new machines hero that enable
n man To perform the work Of three or
four there, lac would not be credited. |
would not lelieve il myself il | had not
seen It. In Paris | received the same
price for making an ordinary door that
Of 'he same material and finish is
sold for here. An elaborate piece OF
furniture that requires weeks TO manu-
facture there is turned OF here in as
many days. found wages in England
better than in Germany, and ] received
higher wages in Paris than in st. Louis.
Max Wotier in Globe. Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
Longest Tunnel in the World.

An engineering work that has taken
over a century 10 construct can hardly
fail 10 offer some points of interest in its
history. and illustrate the march of events
during the years of its progress. An in.
stance Of this kind is TO be found in a
tunnel not long since completed. but
which was commenced over n hundred
years ago. This tunnel. or adit as it
should bc more strictly termed. is ut
Schemnitz. IN Hungary. Its construction
was agreed upon in 1859, the object being
TO carry off the water from the Schemnitz
mines to the lowest part Of the Gran val
ley.
The work is now complete, and forms
the longest tunnel in the world. lping
1927 miles long. or about one mile long
or than st. Gothard. and two and q half
miles longer than Mont Gents. The
height is nine feet ten inches and the
breadth five feet three inches. This tun-
mel. which has taken so long in making,
has cost nearly 81, 000. 900, but the money
appears 10 have been well spent: at least
the present generation has no reason to
grumblc, for the saving from being able
Ia do away with water raising appliances
amounts To Gl5, 900 a year.-Engineer-
ing.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
The Worlds Writing Materials.

The material written on has varied
greatly al different periods in the worlds
history. II has been al different times
stone. lead, wood, wax, papyruS, parch-
ment and paper. As the number Of per-
sons capable of reading and writing in
creased, the desire to communicate be-
came more general and the need Of more
compact and convenient means impera-
tive. To send a sheet Of lead or "A piece
OF cedar with a letter press fully engraved
thereon could not have been very con-
venient 10 the ancient Hebrew, and much
more troublesome must it have been 10
the literary subjects of Thotmcs Ill 10
transmit 10 M another epistlcs written
on slabs of granite the size of a modern
gravesione. The extremes Of clumsincss
and Of convenience may be represented
by the Egyptian obelisk and the American
letter written on small sized business
note.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
Wednesday, April 6, 1887.
IMMIGRATION to the United State

IMMIGRATION to the United States
from Europe continues active. The
arrivals at Castle Garden. New York,
to date, exceed 10000, which is about
double the number that arrived dur
ing the same time last year. The in.
crease commenced. last fall, and has
since been going on steadily. Those
seeking homes here have come p%rinci-
pally from the countries bordering on
the Baltic and Mediterranean seas. OF
recent arrivals it IL noted that n much
larger number were from continental
Europe than from the British isles.
One, and perhaps the chief reason for
this, Is 10 be found in the OF
war that has prevailed among the con-
tiDental nations for a year or more
past, and which six months ago II was
generally believed would develop
into actual hostilities by the present
sspring. Less dangerous outlook for
war will probably have the effect to
deter many from leaving their Euro
pean homes who may have contem'
plated doing so. and it is not unlikely
that In the remaining months of the
year the rate of immigration of the
past three months will not be main.
tanned.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
The Voices of Fishes.

A number of years ago, while on a
fishing trip in the Gulf Of Mexico, in the
City Of Yucatan, l hauled in a small fish
known to science as the Hamulon. and to
sailors as the grunt, and never was a fish
better named, as no sooner did | take il
in hand than il rolled a most expressive
pair Of ewes as far rs fish could roll them,
and commenced an appeal that quite as
tonished me. First the grunts were low
and uttered singly; then they grew louder
and faster, and finally the fish hurled at
me a perfect volley of sounds hat / ac-
cepted as an entreaty for mercy and hur-
riedly tossed him back. Later / caught
many grunts, and they were all very
laxative out cf water; hut whether these
sounds could b. uttered in their native
element il wouil lie difficult 10 deter
mine.
have heari the Hamulon grnnt, the
grouper. ms well as a number Of fishes,
croak, and The dog fish bark tcroak). The
little seahorse, hippcampus, utters a
curious sound that is causel by the yibra-
tons Of certain small voluntary muscles.
DIR. c. G. Abbott heard the mud suniish,
Acantharchus promitis, utter a deep,
grunting sound, and the gizzard shad
makes an audible. whirring noise. The
club smoker, Erimyzon oblongam, utters
a single prolonged note, while the catfish,
Amiurus lynx, produces a gentle hum
ming sound. Abbot believes, however,
that the most musical Of the fishes is the
eel, thai utlcrs a single note frequently
repeated, and has a slightly metallic res
oance. The fact that the organ Of
hearing in these musical fishes is very
well Developed would seem to point TO
the belief that the notes Were calls; and
as the air bladder in fish represents to
some extent the lungs Of other animals.
there Is no reason for not thinking that
the fishes have vocal communication.
The musical notes and noises are pro-
duced in several ways. Some are due to
the action of the pneumatic duct and
swimming bladder, while others are ac-
cidental, or produced in~voluntarily by
the lips or the %pharangeal or intermaxil.
liary homes. The notes made by the
carp and tcnch are due 10 the latter,
while those of the catfish and eels are
made by forcing air from the swimming
bladder into the esophagus. Boston
Herald,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
THERE is a certain per cent of t

THERE is a certain per cent Of the
cattle men Of all sections who are
chronic GROWERS. They belong to the
stock associations, but really take no
part In the business of the annual
meeting. They sometimes attend,
but oftener stay at home. When pres.
ent they listen to the discussions bu,
open not their mouths. Then, after
action has been taken, they "kick."
This is all wrong. Every member il
directly interested in the proce, diDgr
OF each meeting aud his voice should
be heard 10 the shaping OF the same.
When the subject matter Is Under dis.
cussion is the time to do your kicking,
and by argument show the correctness
Of your views. These gatherings are
made up o. practical men engaged in
the active work of the range and their
object Is to secure practical results
The majority is always ready and
anxious TO arrive at such conclusions
rs will be productive Of the greatest
good 10 the greatest number and the
voice Of each member is potent in de.
termining what those conclusion,
shall be. No one is denied the privi
lege Of a full and free ventilation Of hi:
views,-Ex.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06

The tide Of emigration to the west,
which has set in somey hat early this
spring, promises TO be much larger
this year than for several years past.
The trains on the various railroads
penetrating Dakota, as well rs on the
Northern Pacific railway, which ira
verses the great territories Of Montana
and Washington, and the state of
Oregon, are taxed 10 their utmost ca.
pacity in transporting the passengers
who have taken Horace Greeley's adj
vice to ''go west and grow up" with
the country. At Bismarck they are
crossing the Missouri al the rate OF
from three To five hundred daily, In
quest of homes and fortunes in the
fertile valleys and rich mountains OF
this far-famed lard Of wealth and
sunny skies, while the pioneers and
early settlers Of the Pacific slope are
chanting the glad refrain: "They are
coming, a hundred thousand more;
from Mississippi's winding stream and
from New England's shore"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
when Lake Michigan Wa. Frozen.

1T Is popular impression, said the
captain Of the Dean Richmond, "that
Lake Michigan has been frozen
over. This a mistake. Two years age
there was good ice all the way from Mil.
waukee % Grand Haven-about eighty
miles-and the anchor ice the ice nearest
the shorei was two and three feet thick.
Anchor ice is not disturbed by winds. II
attaches itself TO the frozen sand, and
there il stays until it becomes rotten
Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06

IT is now just about a quarter of q
century since Bismarck uttered the
most famous Of all his historic phrases.
II wa in a budget debate, In which he
was beaten by an adverse vote. III
is not" he said, "by speechifying and
the vote of majorities that the great
questions Of the age are to be settled.
but by blood and iron.u
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06

The abolition Of the Office Of SEQ
ond King OF Siam and the creation
of the title of Crown Prince, that dis
tlnction being conferred upon the eld-
est son Of the reigning monarch,
were celebrated with imposing cere-
monies throughout the Siamese King
dom, beginning on the lith, of jan
uary,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
M MEDICINE LIKE THEM.

We have sold youI CUTlCURA REMEDIES for the
last six years, and no remedies on our she, es give
better satisfaction.
C. + ATHERToN, Druggist, Albany, n. Y.
Price: CUllcURA, 50 cents; REs0LVENT, sl.00i
SOAP, % cents. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL co, Boston, Nass. send for
How to Cure skin Diseases"
n0lIoc Pimples, skin Blem'shes, and Bah,
unUpO Humors' cured by CCTlCURA SOAP,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
A COMPLETE TIRE.

have suffered all my life with skin diseases o.
different kinds, and have never found permanent
relief, uutil, by advice Of a lady frie d, I used
your valuable CuTlCuRA RENFDiFs. gave them
a thorough trial, using six b titles Of the CuTICURA
REsoLvEsT, two boxes Of CuTICURA and seven
boxes Of CrTICuRA SOAR and the result was Just
what | had been told IL would be-a complete cure.
BELLE WADE, Richmond, Va.
Reference, CIV. Lstimer, Druggist. Richmond, Va.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
The pIants Of ,JapaD,

AT a late meeting az the London Lin
mean society was exhibited a volume OF
"Honzo Xufu" ("Illustrations and Brief
Descriptions Of the Pianist Of Japan'), by
lwasatti Tsanrmasa, which consists Of
ninety-siN volumes containing 1000 col.
ored figures. The task Of reproduction
by native hand labor is SO great that only
two or three copies are known 30 have
been complctcd.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06

The Journal, OF Reno, says that
when John Mackay travels by rail he
IL always accompanied by a telegraph
operator with q portable telegraph In
strumeDt for sending dispatches In
cases Of necessity.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-06
Our Courts Of Justice.

Senator Evarts is quoted as saying re-
Gently: 1T is strange that in administer
ing justice the wisdom of the world for
G.000 years has discovered nc other way
than for both sides to hire a man to ex.
aggerate their side, and then try to find
ont the truth between them"